Aug. 26, 2016, 11:58 a.m.

Paul Wolfowitz, a top official in the George W. Bush administration referred to as the architect of the Iraq war, said he will likely vote for Hillary Clinton in November.

Wolfowitz is part of a growing list of GOP national security and foreign policy officials who have announced their intention to support the Democratic presidential nominee. But though Clinton has proudly announced the backing of other Republicans, it’s less likely she will roll out a news release touting the support from Wolfowitz.

As deputy secretary of Defense under Bush, Wolfowitz was among the earliest and biggest cheerleaders for invading Iraq and deposing Saddam Hussein. Clinton, as a senator representing New York, voted in 2002 to go to war in Iraq.

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Aug. 26, 2016, 10:17 a.m.

Even as Hillary and Bill Clinton vow that they will stop accepting foreign donations for their foundation and step away from involvement in it altogether if she wins the presidency, the organization remains a political albatross. Ethics experts are unimpressed by their plan — which includes keeping Chelsea Clinton on the board — and their timetable for carrying it out.

Some Republicans continue to demand that the Clintons immediately shut down the foundation altogether, and emails keep trickling out showing how big donors to the foundation may have had back-door access to the State Department while Clinton was secretary of State.

On Friday morning, Clinton answered the charges of critics who say the current roadmap for the foundation going forward is full of potential conflicts.

Aug. 26, 2016, 10:07 a.m.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, one of Donald Trump's most prominent early endorsers, warned that his "wishy-washy" comments on immigration could disappoint his backers.

Trump has wavered in recent days from hard-line views on immigration, the hallmark of his campaign, including a reconsideration of his plan to deport 11 million people in the U.S. illegally. At the same time, though, he has repeated at rallies his pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico.

“Parts of that message we heard in the last week are clearly not consistent with the stringent position and message that supporters have received all along,” Palin told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

Aug. 26, 2016, 7:32 a.m.

Stephen Bannon, the newly minted chief of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, was charged with domestic abuse in Santa Monica two decades ago, according to reports by the New York Post and Politico.

The reports are based on the police record of a fight between Bannon and his then-wife on New Year’s Day 1996 after an argument over finances. According to the police report posted by Politico, Santa Monica officers responding to a hang-up 911 call found "red marks" on the wrist and neck of Bannon's wife, whose name was redacted from the documents.

Bannon, who has taken a leave as the head of Breitbart News to become the Trump campaign's chief executive officer, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness, according to the reports.

Aug. 26, 2016, 5:00 a.m.

His campaign is over, yet Bernie Sanders says that the movement he helped create — one that ignited a youthful, liberal following during the Democratic primary season — will press onward.

This week, the Vermont senator sought to help it press ahead with the launch of Our Revolution, a political organization that will raise money and dole it out to candidates in lockstep with Sanders' ideals.

“We changed the conversation regarding the possibilities of our country,” Sanders said of his campaign against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. “We redefined what the vision and the future of our country should be.”